Toy.



A. V. DA COSTA.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, I916.

1 ,299,430. Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

l/Vl/E/VTUR 46.; BY

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- An'rrnm v. DA cosrA, or AnLINGroN, NEWJEEsEY, ASSIGNOR r0 THE INsEL COMPANY, 015 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ACORPORATION 01 NEW JERSEY.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed May 18, 1918. Serial No. 234,120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR V. DA Cos'rA,

a citizen of the United States, and a residentv that is made entirely,or substantially entirely, of celluloid.

The invention particularly relates to a rattle which is used by smallchildren and an object of the invention is to provide a constructionthat will withstand rough usagei and bulbous member may bemade of othermaterlals. According to a more intense asthat will be light and will notinjure smal children even though it is used by them in a rough manner,and fu'rthe ore to so construct the toy in such a ma er that it will notdamage furniture even though the toy is hammered and banged by the childagainst the furniture.

Another object of the invention is to construct the toy in such a mannerthat it will fascinate the child or hold its attention due to thepeculiar characteristics and move ments of the members Which togethermake up the rattle.

Thisdesired eflect is enabled to be realized by securing 'a hollowbulbous member containing a loose member or loose members to the freeend of a spring or flexible spiral member whereby. a series of quickspringy movements can be imparted ,to the bulb at the free end of thespring. The spring as well as the bulbous member just referred to ispreferably made of celluloid although it will be understoodthataccording ,to the broader aspect of the invention the spiral pectof theinvention, however, the sprlng is of celluloid, the bulb is ofcelluloid, and

in fact all portions of the'toy are of celluloid with the possibleexception pf thepieces or members that may be located within the bulbousmember or members, if there are more than one, for the purpose ofproducing the desired noise 'efie'cts.

The'in'vention is directed to theieatures of construction abovereferredto as well as to other features, all of which features are hereinafterfully described and clearly set forth.

As illustrating certain specific embodi-= ments of the invention,reference is made Fig. 2. is a sectional view taken as on theplaneindicated by the line 2, 2 1n F1% 1. roken F 1g. 3 is a view of a toy,partially away. In the toy shown in Fig. 3 there is a handle member inthe form of a hollow ring, a hollow bulbous member, and a springconnecting the handle member and the. hollow bulbous member. This toy isalso constructed so that it canbe made substantially entirelyof'celluloid.

Fig. 4 is a toy, in the form of a manikm, comprising a body portion towhich members resembling a head, hands and feet are connected bycelluloid spirals.

Fig. 5 is a view, partially broken away, of another form of toy. In Fig.5 there is shown a hollow member in the form-of a bell-shaped membercontaining therein a noise producing member such as a small brass bell.In this figure there is also shown a hollow bulbous member serving as ahand-engaging member or handle, and a spiral spring connecting thehollow bulbous member and the hollow bell-shaped member. The severaltoys will now be described in detail.

The toy'shown in Fig. 1 has the large hollow bulbous member.1 which isin eflec't a modified sphere approaching a hollow ellipsoid-a smallhollow spherical bulbous member 2,. 'and'the spiral member 3'of'celluloid.

' The bulbous members are made of two parts.

and 8 and have a joint at 9, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. cThe hollowbulbous members made in the manner just described provide astrongconstruction and one which withstands the rough usage to whichtoys of this class are subjected, as by the child hammering or bangingthe toys against solid or hard objects. The spiral member 3 may bereferred to as a spiral spring member of celluloid and the opposite endsof the spiral are firmly cemented to the bulbs. The bulb 2 may bereferred to as the hand-engaging member, while the bulb 1 may be ofsmall members or hard pieces ,that rattle or shake about within thehollow bulbous members to produce the desired noise effects forattractingand holding the attention of the child. 'These noise producingmeans 10 and 11 may be in the form ofsmall metallic objects, but withthis exception all of. the rest of the toy is preferably of celluloid.

- The toy shown in Fig. 3 is similar'ln its construction to the toyshown in Fig. 1*withthe exception that in Fig. 3 a hollow ring 12 isprovided as the hand-engaging member or handle and this hollow mug is.secured to one end of the celluloid spiral 13 by the connection 14;comprising the 100 15 and the hollow spacer 16, thelatter 0 which iscemented to the lower end fthe spiral 13. The bulbous member 1 at theupper end of the toy is hollow and contains suitable noise producingmeans. 1

The manikin shown in Fig. 4 comprises a hollow bulbous body member 17, ahollow bulbous head member 18, miniature hands19 and feet 20, and thesprings 21, 22 and.23 which respectively connect the head, hands andfeet to the body portion 17 The parts constituting the manikin are ofcourse properly secured to each other, as by cement, and all the severalparts that are secured to the body portion have a substantial movementrelative to the body portion due to the springs or spiral connectionsdescribed.

Suitable noise producing means can be inserted within the bulbous bodyportion 17, the bulbous head portion 18 or even in the hand portions 19or the foot portions 29.

In Fig. 5 there is shown a toy in the formof a bell and rattle, and thistoy'comprises a hollow hand-engaging bulb 24, a bellshaped member 25,and a spiral 26 that connects the hand bulb 24 to the bell portion 25.The bell portion 25 has 'a diaphragm or closing plate 27 at the lowerportion thereof so as to retain in the bell-shaped member 25 a smallbrass bell as 28, which serves as a noise producing member within thehollow bell portion 25. Should the child hold the scribed are made ofcelluloid as previously indicated. The spiral members connecting theseveral parts may be referred to as spiral celluloid springs that permita rapid swinging or vibrating of the bulbs located at the freeend of'thespring when slight changes of force are applied at the hand-engagingportion of the toy for the purpose of efi'ecting this movement. It willbe manifest, however, that the invention in its broadest aspect'is notlimited to the employment of celluloid as the principal materialalthough in the more specific aspect of the invention celluloid is thematerial that is used. The spiral member herein described may be re"ferred to as, and in fact is, a flexible member made from a rod woundin the form of a spiral. It is also manifest that the invention can beembodied in various forms and modifications without departing from thespirit and scope thereof.

What I claim is:

1. A childs toy, in the form of a rattle, comprising in, combinationaspiral spring of eelluloidma-terial, a handle connected to said springat one end thereof and a hollow bulbous member-.containing a loosemember or loose members, which bulbous member is connected to the springat the otherv end thereof.

2. A childs toy, comprising in comblnation a hand member, a swlngingbulbous rattle member containing a movable member or movable members,and a spiral sprlng member connecting the handsmember and the swinging.bulbous rattle member.

'3. A childs toy, comprising in Comb1nation a hollow bulbous member ofcelluloid containing loose pieces or members, a hand member ofcelluloid, and a fiexlble celluloid member formed of a celluloid rodwound in the form of a spiral and havmg one end of the spiralconnected'tothe hand member and the other end of the spiral connectd tothe bulbous member." 1

4. A childs toy, comprising spaced hollow bulbousmembers, each ofcelluloid, that areconnected to each other by a celluloid spiral, oneend of which spiral is connected to one of the bulbous members and theother end thereof is connected to the other of the bulbous members.

' 5. A toy, comprising in combination aholi f low bulbousmembercontaining thereinnoise producing, means and a celluloid s iralto- This specification signed and witnessed wlaiclkthg llallbous'memberis secure b this 11th day of May, A. D. 1918.

c i s toy, comprising in com ination a hollow member containing a noisepro- ARTHUR DA A 5 ducing member and a spiral member to one Signed inthe presence of end of which spiral member the hollow mem- EVABTS G.Looms, her is secured. JOHN S. HANcooK.

